[Ireland]
No Toronto Nups for Irish

Excerpt: Dunne also rejected a secondary argument from the plaintiffs that Ireland's refusal to recognize the marriage violates the European Convention on Human Rights. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that transsexuals have a right to marry a person of the opposite sex from their own acquired gender, but for Dunne, this was not an endorsement of marriage rights for same-sex couples. The Court has not directly ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to marry as part of the respect for private life the European Convention guarantees.

[USA]
Through Zarf’s eyes

Actor Jeffrey Carlson tackles trans role on `All My Children'

Actor Jeffrey Carlson plays transgender character Zarf on the ABC soap ‘All My Children.’ (Photo by Lou Rocco)

[USA] [News Feature]

Ending Cruel and Unusual Punishment

It's estimated that 30 percent of transgender Americans have been incarcerated— three times the national average. Those that go to prison are often placed in the sex-segregated institutions based on genitalia, not gender identity. This system is particularly brutal for transgender women, who are forced to live in men's prisons where they are often raped, denied medical treatment and placed in psychologically damaging, long-term solitary confinement—to protect them from other inmates.